i am new anon, my name is marcus from the demcus streets, usage of the old twitter was my forte, and now am a 4channing enthusiast, i read angel beats thanks to this general and here is my thoughts
>be me
>liked Angel Beats anime back in the day
>“lol that was fun. little rushed but kinda sad ig”
>never thought about it again
>see people on /vn/ praising some VN called 1st Beat
>“wait they made a VN out of that? why?”
>download it for the meme
>starts with same cast, same setting
>“lol this is nostalgic”
>1 hour later
>“Wait, this is... different”
>characters actually talk to each other
>jokes land
>scenes breathe
>Hinata is a real person
>Otonashi has thoughts and emotions
>Yuri is depressed in high definition
>accidentally get into Iwasawa route
>she opens up about her trauma
>starts playing music again
>disappears with a smile after achieving peace
>suddenly crying into my keyboard
>“why didn’t they show this in the anime???”
>Yui route
>she just wants to be loved
>ends up in the softest, most heartbreaking confession scene I’ve ever read
>now I can’t hear “Ichiban no Takaramono” without dying inside
>Yuri route
>choice after choice leads to philosophical despair
>you try to save her
>you can’t
>you just exist with her pain until the game fades to black
>sit in silence for 20 minutes
>realize this is just “1st Beat”
>there were supposed to be more
>Key just gave up
>and I never even knew
>I thought I understood Angel Beats
>I thought I saw the whole picture
>turns out I was just watching the trailer
>this VN destroyed me

I came for nostalgia
I left a broken man
MaedaDADDY you sick bastard thank you